CCSD Onboard vs How's School Going
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CCSD Onboard
Track your school bus in real-time from your home or school. This app provides students, parents, and guardians with quality communication and service for timely bus pickups.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Bus stop notifications
- Home and school pickup tracking
- Student-parent communication
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This app was designed by students for students of the Clark County School District. Users will be able to track their school bus in real time; while they prepare to be picked up at their bus stop, home and/or school. It is our goal to provide quality communication and service to Clark County School District students, parents and guardians. Access to your education is important to us.
How's School Going
This app provides a centralized platform for students, parents, and educators to monitor academic progress. It offers easy access to grades, assignments, attendance, and assessment results with clear, color-coded indicators.
- View grades and assignments
- Track attendance records
- Monitor assessment results
- Access school calendar
- Receive academic newsletters
- User-friendly interface
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Stay connected with your student's academic journey through How's School Going, your comprehensive education companion. Access grades, assignments, attendance, and assessment results - all in one convenient place with easy-to-understand, color-coded indicators. Features: · View current grades and assignments · Track attendance records · Monitor assessment results · Access school calendar events · Receive personalized newsletters with academic updates · User-friendly interface designed for students, parents, and educators Download the free app today to start tracking academic progress. Note: School or district subscription required for access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: How's School Going at 100% against CCSD Onboard's 18%. How's School Going also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0). CCSD Onboard's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
How's School Going holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 154 and 247 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of CCSD Onboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of How's School Going's.
CCSD Onboard ships an update monthly, How's School Going every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CCSD Onboard | How's School Going |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (154 ratings) | 4.8 (247 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 154 | 247 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clark County School District - Transportation Dept. | Data Insight Partners LLC |
Customer experience
CCSD Onboard
How's School Going
Bugs and requests
CCSD Onboard
Reported bugs
49 issues- App only works 20-25% of the time
- Bus location inaccurate
- Bus times inaccurate
- App is awfully slow
- Bus location not live
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- App tracking wrong bus
- Bus tracking not showing up
- App signed out unexpectedly
- Cannot sign back in
- Confusing error messages
- App says bus is one stop away but daughter waited 40 minutes
- App says waiting to identify bus
- App is always buffering or can't find bus
- App pauses frequently
- App doesn't work on mobile data
- App kicks user out
- App not connected to server
- App stuck on waiting to identify bus
- Tracking rarely updates
- Latency of 30-120 seconds
- App doesn't run in background
- Bus appears on map after it has gone
- App doesn't show bus until it's gone
- App kicks user out due to not being connected to a server
- App doesn't update
- App says nothing at all
- Date is incorrect
- Cannot change date to correct date
- App fails to pick up child
- App doesn't detect bus location
- App goes blank to a gray screen after sign-in attempt
- App constantly waiting for bus GPS
- App didn't update for 20 minutes
- App won't detect bus location
- Blank white screen when logging in
- Stuck in the gray area after trying to sign in
- Have to exit and re-enter bus schedule for updated location
- App shows ETA of 20 minutes when bus is around the corner
- App freezes during registration
- App freezes during login
- App doesn't work most of the time
- App won't pull current bus, only day before
- App says waiting on GPS data
- App doesn't automatically update moving bus
- App says bus is on other side of town but it's outside
- Student ID is invalid
- Email address is invalid
- 502 Web server error during registration
- Information is invalid for student being added
Requested features
11 requests- Fix the app
- Improve bus tracking accuracy
- Ensure real-time tracking
- Fix login/registration issues
- Improve app performance
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- Allow students to be alerted when bus is within proximity
- Allow users to adjust proximity alert range
- Fix mobile data issue
- Update the app
- Offer dark mode
- Improve UX design
How's School Going
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CCSD Onboard
No in-app purchases
How's School Going
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CCSD Onboard free?
Is How's School Going free?
Which has better reviews, CCSD Onboard or How's School Going?
Do CCSD Onboard or How's School Going have ads?
Which is updated more often, CCSD Onboard or How's School Going?
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